Guatemala prepared to receive deported minors from the US, president says

‘Confused and scared’: Inside the middle of the night effort to repatriate Guatemalan children in US custody

Staff at US shelters woke children up — some of them crying or vomiting in fear, legal filings say — to prepare them to fly back to their home country.

Guatemala says it can take back up to 150 migrant children a week

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said his country can receive up to 150 unaccompanied migrant children a week, as long as it's voluntary or by court order.

Guatemala Says It Can Receive Hundreds Of Unaccompanied Children From The U.S. After Judge Halts Deportations On Tarmac

Guatemala said it's able to receive some 150 unaccompanied children from the U.S. every week after a judge halted the deportation of 10 children from the country as a deportation plane was about to take off

Guatemala prepared to receive deported minors from the US, president says

Guatemala is ready and willing to receive some 150 unaccompanied minors per week of all ages from the United States, President Bernardo Arevalo said on Monday, a day after a U.S. federal judge halted the deportation of 10 Guatemalan children.

US federal court orders halt to child deportations to Guatemala

A US federal judge on Sunday ordered a temporary stop to Trump administration plans to send more than 600 unaccompanied children back to Guatemala. The emergency order, issued by US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington DC, came at 4 AM because of exigent circumstances.  Attorneys said that 10 children were already on planes, awaiting take-off within four hours. Sooknanan ordered the administration to “cease any ongoing efforts to trans…

Guatemala says it was acting in children's best interests in agreeing to accept minors

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said Monday his government was acting in the best interest of children in agreeing to accept unaccompanied minors from the U.S.